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Ross Noble, surrealist connoisseur and story spinner returns to Australia with his new show, El Hablador. Join the master of improvisational stand up as he takes you on a wild ride through his imagination. Photo: Canberra Comedy Festival.

Last Saturday night (2 December) I had the pleasure of joining hundreds of fellow-Canberrans at the A Very Canberra Comedy Festival Christmas, featuring great comedians like Dilruk Jayasinha, Joel Creasey, Fiona O’Loughlin, James Smith, as well as fantastic local comics Hamish Hudson, Maddy Weeks and Anthony Tomic.

They played to a packed Llewellyn Hall at ANU and gave Canberra comedy fans a snippet of what they can expect at next year’s Canberra Comedy Festival.

As always, a strong line-up of local and rising stars will also be an integral part of the festival, with the 2018 line-up consisting of; Tom Gibson, Simon Taylor, Chris Ryan, Andrew and Danny Bensley, ‘ACT Like A Lady’, ‘Pilot Season’, Mark Swivel, Josh Earl, Anthony Tomic, Cameron James, Yianni Agisilaou, Greg Kimball and Jeremy Margosis, Luke Bernie, Harris Stuckey and James McMahon, Vanessa Conlin, and ‘Look at me now Mum!’. Also returning to develop local comedy talent are the national comedy competition RAW Comedy 2018, and the school-aged comedy competition Class Clowns. 2018 will also see a return of our successful family comedy show, ‘The Clean Comedy Spectacular’ and will also feature family performances by Josh Earl.

Artistic Director Benjamin Stevenson says “For the 2018 festival we have managed to pull together the biggest and best line-up that we have ever had. Featuring the biggest stars in the world and smorgasbord of specially curated rising stars, the 2018 Comedy Festival promises a hilarious and varied line-up with something for everyone!”

The 2018 Canberra Comedy Festival will run from the 19th – 25th of March 2018 and will feature over 60 shows at venues all over Canberra City.

Canberra comedian Greg Kimball is one of several talented local comics featuring in the 2018 Canberra Comedy Festival.